CORRECTED OCTOBER NEWSLETTER https://preview.mailerlite.com/d9e0u4t0g0  So sorry everyone, and apologies to my fellow writers, I lost half the group promotions we are part of which should be in the newsletter. So here is the newsletter as it should be. Must be the warm spring weather and the blaze of cherry blossom in the park affecting my brain. Writing is plodding along. I really need a housekeeper to do all the laundry and washing up, the cooking and baking, the shopping and volunteer work. Then I'd have enough time to finish everything ready for editor Fiona. Holy Hell has just gone to her. It's my first attempt at creative non-fiction which is also a memoir, a memoir of the last, quite shocking six years at St Luke’s Anglican church. As one who believed in the Anglican church and its clergy as one of the few Christian churches which tried to fulfil the Christian precepts the church propounds, these last six years, where we angry and hurt parishioners have tried to get our archbishop and bishop put things right in our parish, have been cruel. The book will be launched at the end of October. If you enjoy true crime with a real horror twist do get a copy and read all about it. BEWARE DEADLINES Especially on number 13 in the list, the Forget the blues - be happy in the  general fiction selection. It's full of family cosy reads, humorous reads and some nice ones for the kids. 3 DAYS ONLY closes October 9th So many free ebooks on offer again. I've noticed a few repeats in different offers. Check them as you might find the same book free in another offer. Do BEWARE DEADLINES!  OCTOBER NEWSLETTER 1 HISTORICAL FICTION Kindle Unlimited Reads Experience the Adventures 24 KU reads 2 NAVAL AND MILITARY HISTORY Kindle Unlimited Reads 7 KU reads 3 Historical fiction unknown DEADLINE 15 FREEBIES 4 Adventure Awaits in these Historical Fiction Stories Bargains 5 Author Colleague's historical fiction @aubreytaylorbooks Writing the World Wars from the German perspective. Non-political. 6 Viking Oathbreaker by C R Dempsey Finn's dreams of being a king lie shattered in the blood-soaked soil of Viking Ireland. Hunted like prey, his head worth its weight in silver to Thurgest, the merciless Viking warlord whose trust he betrayed. His family now scattered to the winds  US$3.99 7 The Forgotten Melody: A Story of Redemption and Hope SALE 8 S.F. and FANTASY YA Fantasy Ignite Your Imagination DEADLINE OCTOBER 17th 26 bks FREE 9 CHILDREN'S SF AND FANTASY Mid-Grade and Young Readers Book Bonanza 14  FREE 10 Mid-Grade and Young Readers Dragons Don't Need Sentient Tails. Or Do They? By Jennifer Kyrnin Jormandr, a young dragon with a penchant for boasting, a habit that grates against the harmony of the woodland creatures and an apprentice witch, Pearl Blackwand, who happens to be listening in. Pearl conjures a spell that grants sentience to Jormandr's tail. This leads to several hilarious incidents before the dragon comes to terms with his tail. funny and with a sting in the tale!!! FREE 11 SF AND FANTASY DEADLINE 16TH Oct Sci-fi & Fantasy Series Sale 87 bargains DEADLINE 16TH Oct 12 Spells, Secrets and Second Chances DEADLINE OCT 21`st 10 BOOKS FREEBIES DEADLINE OCT 21`st 13 Pre Halloween Giveaway DEADLINE OCT 16 th Get these books fast! This promotion ends Oct 16, 2025! 57 FREEBIES DEADLINE OCT 16 th 14 GENERAL MIX OF FICTION Kindle Unlimited Reads DEADLINE OCT 13 th All You Can Read with Kindle Unlimited - Dive in Now! Get these books fast!  KU READS URGENT URGENT DEADLINE OCT 13 th 15 URGENT URGENT DEADLINE OCT 9 th Forget the blues - be happy Get these books fast!  24 FREEBIES URGENT URGENT DEADLINE OCT 13 th 16 Brainiacs, Unite!: An All-Genre Giveaway for Stories with Intelligent Characters FREEBIES 17 Winter's coming...Get these books fast! This promotion ends Nov 2, 2025! So many to CHOOSE 18 CRIME FICTION Mystery Giveaway - Hosted by Bargain Booksy eBook and Kindle Giveaway 25 books to giveaway 19 BOOKS BY AUTHOR COLLEAGUES A Wrinkle in the Mind by Bruce M. Perrin  When Violet Cruz accused U.S. Representative Alan Barclay of being "the spawn of a Martian whore" and took a shot at him, everyone agreed that she was delusional. It was just another conspiracy theory in Washington, DC, but Private Investigator Rebecca Marte begins to uncover a more earthly sinister plot. US$1.99 I really enjoyed this, the twist is clever. 20 REVIEWS Just a couple of sentences or even a rating please! YA Romantasy NOV 3rd Young Adult Romantasy (and funny Sci-fi) 9 free for a review 21 Turn over a new Leaf: New and Prepublished Books for Review Free for a REVIEW 22 Indie authors love reviews! PRETTY PLEASE 23 Stories & Strength for Women REVIEW COPIES 24 This month's Paper Lantern Historical writers newsletter with several free or bargain offers. Find it at the website. newsletters   Happy Reading p.d.r. Writer's Choice for p.d.r. lindsay-salmon author p.d.r. lindsay | 39, Lune street. South Hill, Oamaru EMAIL ME TO CHAT AT PDRLINDSAY at SLINGSHOT.CO.NZ Website: www.pdrlindsay.co.nz and books.pdrlindsay.co.nz This email was sent to | Unsubscribe | Forward this email to a friend

October newsletter of Free and Bargain e-books: My Monthly Book Roundup + Free Historical Gems

 OCTOBER NEWSLETTER

My solar lights shine out for our solstice supper. Nice that we're heading into summer and won't need these outside lights until 10 p.m. or 11p.m. Soon it will be warm enough for evening walks by the sea. The dog loves that. 

Writing is plodding along. I really need a housekeeper to do all the laundry and washing up, the cooking and baking, the shopping and volunteer work. Then I'd have enough time to finish everything ready for editor Fiona. Holy Hell has just gone to her. It's my first attempt at creative non-fiction which is also a memoir, a memoir of the last, quite shocking six years at St Luke’s Anglican church. As one who believed in the Anglican church and its clergy as one of the few Christian churches which tried to fulfil the Christian precepts the church propounds, these last six years, where we angry and hurt parishioners have tried to get our archbishop and bishop put things right in our parish, have been cruel. The book will be launched at the end of October. If you enjoy true crime with a real horror twist do get a copy and read all about it.

BEWARE DEADLINES

Especially on number 13 in the list, the Forget the blues - be happy in the  general fiction selection. It's full of family cosy reads, humorous reads and some nice ones for the kids. 3 DAYS ONLY closes October 9th

So many free ebooks on offer again. I've noticed a few repeats in different offers. Check them as you might find the same book free in another offer. Do BEWARE DEADLINES! 

OCTOBER NEWSLETTER

1

HISTORICAL FICTION

Kindle Unlimited Reads

Experience the Adventures

24 KU reads

2

NAVAL AND MILITARY HISTORY

Kindle Unlimited Reads

7 KU reads

3

Historical fiction

unknown DEADLINE

15 FREEBIES

4

Author Colleague's historical fiction

@aubreytaylorbooks

Writing the World Wars from the German perspective. Non-political.

5

Viking Oathbreaker

by C R Dempsey

Finn's dreams of being a king lie shattered in the blood-soaked soil of Viking Ireland. Hunted like prey, his head worth its weight in silver to Thurgest, the merciless Viking warlord whose trust he betrayed. His family now scattered to the winds 

US$3.99

6

S.F. and FANTASY

YA Fantasy

Ignite Your Imagination

DEADLINE OCTOBER 17th

26 bks FREE

7

CHILDREN'S SF AND FANTASY

Mid-Grade and Young Readers Book Bonanza

14  FREE

8

Mid-Grade and Young Readers

Dragons Don't Need Sentient Tails. Or Do They?

By Jennifer Kyrnin

Jormandr, a young dragon with a penchant for boasting, a habit that grates against the harmony of the woodland creatures and an apprentice witch, Pearl Blackwand, who happens to be listening in. Pearl conjures a spell that grants sentience to Jormandr's tail. This leads to several hilarious incidents before the dragon comes to terms with his tail.

funny and with a sting in the tale!!!

FREE

9

SF AND FANTASY

DEADLINE 16TH Oct

Sci-fi & Fantasy Series Sale

87 bargains

DEADLINE 16TH Oct

10

Spells, Secrets and Second Chances

DEADLINE OCT 21`st

10 BOOKS

FREEBIES

DEADLINE OCT 21`st

11

Pre Halloween Giveaway

DEADLINE OCT 16 th

Get these books fast! This promotion ends Oct 16, 2025!

57 FREEBIES

DEADLINE OCT 16 th

12

GENERAL MIX OF FICTION

Kindle Unlimited Reads

DEADLINE OCT 13 th

All You Can Read with Kindle Unlimited - Dive in Now!

Get these books fast! 

KU READS

URGENT URGENT

DEADLINE OCT 13 th

13

URGENT URGENT

DEADLINE OCT 9 th

Forget the blues - be happy

Get these books fast! 

24 FREEBIES

URGENT URGENT

DEADLINE OCT 13 th

14

CRIME FICTION

Mystery Giveaway - Hosted by Bargain Booksy eBook and Kindle Giveaway

25 books to giveaway

15

BOOKS BY AUTHOR COLLEAGUES

A Wrinkle in the Mind

by Bruce M. Perrin 

When Violet Cruz accused U.S. Representative Alan Barclay of being "the spawn of a Martian whore" and took a shot at him, everyone agreed that she was delusional. It was just another conspiracy theory in Washington, DC, but Private Investigator Rebecca Marte begins to uncover a more earthly sinister plot.

US$1.99

I really enjoyed this, the twist is clever.

16

REVIEWS

Just a couple of sentences or even a rating please!

YA Romantasy

NOV 3rd

Young Adult Romantasy (and funny Sci-fi)

9 free for a review

17

This month's Paper Lantern Historical writers newsletter with several free or bargain offers. Find it at the website.

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Happy Reading

p.d.r.

Writer's Choice for p.d.r. lindsay-salmon author p.d.r. lindsay | 39, Lune street. South Hill, Oamaru

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August's Newsletter - another bumper crop of ebooks for you.

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Watch the deadlines. Many books are withdrawn mid-August.  

AUGUST NEWSLETTER August is blowing in snowy, frosty and cold so I'm warming myself with drafting my Japanese stories which, for this collection, are set in the summer, and cheering myself with running through the pictures of summer in Japan. Like this wisteria. Still waiting for the heart specialist so life's a little precarious. I'm hoping for a pacemaker but it's not necessarily possible. It means I'm frantically trying to get all my stories out into the world whilst I have time. Adam's Tale, the YA book, is ready for the last rewrite. The Japanese stories are drafted out, but that's far from what they might become. Holy Hell, which is the memoir of what happened to St Luke's and its parishioners, because our church hierarchy failed us, should have been finally edited, but my editor is away. And I've fifty or more short stories which need making publishable! I'm scared of running out of time. BEWARE DEADLINES and catch them if you can. I don't know why the trend has become to do mid-month to mid-month offers but it messes up my tidy month to month calendar and newsletter system and means I need to watch out with reminder for you.  Do BEWARE DEADLINES! Lots of early mid-August   1 HISTORICAL FICTION BEWARE DEADLINES! Blades And Battles historical adventures 33 BARGAINS AUGUST 19TH URGENT 2 At the Tip of a Sword More battles and adventures 49 FREEBIES AUGUST 17TH URGENT 3 History's Bold Daughters women who mattered long ago 9 FREE BOOKS 4 NONFICTION A thoughtful collection 52 books looking at a change your life mostly FREE 5 More nonfiction nice cook books plus more BEWARE DEADLINE! AUGUST 25th 37 BARGAIN OFFERS URGENT 6 CHILDREN'S BOOKS BEWARE DEADLINE! 36 FREE sweet, clean some religious URGENT BEWARE DEADLINE! 7 SHORT STORIES A wide range of genres BEWARE DEADLINE! AUGUST 13th FREE URGENT 8 GENERAL FICTION General Mix Of Genres BEWARE DEADLINE! 50 FREEBIES AUGUST 17th 9 Sweet Summer Reads A few Romances here 33 FREEBIES 10 August Sunny Reads Nice mix of genres 18 to choose from 11 Celebrating Siblings Stories about family relationships 33 BARGAINS 12 August ALL Genre Giveaway quite a range of novels here 106 FREE 13 The Day Everything Changes Some thought provoking books here 7 Remarkable reads 14 S.F. AND FANTASY A mix of all the subgenres 36 FREE 15 SINGLE BOOKS The Secret of Spanish Bay YA novel. After an earthquake reveals ancient Spanish artifacts on the beach, fourteen-year-old Rodney Llewellyn is determined to find the legendary lost treasure of Spanish Bay FREE SPECIAL OFFER 16 Feisty Deeds : Historical Fictions of Daring Women The twenty-three stories in this collection depict ordinary women—from the 1470s to the 1970s—who meet life’s challenges with fierce determination. US$3.55 17 The Lawyer's Trial Helping a friend is the duty of an honourable man, but it might get you killed. FREE 18 Journey in Rhyme: Poems of Reflections philosophical reflections Sale Price 19 REVIEWS PLEASE 8 good books begging for a kind word!   NEWSLETTERS 20 A regular selection of good novels REEDSY 21 Join the Free Books Friday list and you will receive a weekly email every Friday from the Author with links to more free & discounted sci-fi and fantasy books. Free Books Friday 22 This month's Paper Lantern Historical writers newsletter with several free or bargain offers. Find it at the website. newsletters   Happy Reading p.d.r. Writer's Choice for p.d.r. lindsay-salmon author p.d.r. lindsay | 39, Lune street. South Hill, Oamaru EMAIL ME TO CHAT AT PDRLINDSAY at SLINGSHOT.CO.NZ Website: www.pdrlindsay.co.nz and books.pdrlindsay.co.nz This email was sent to pdrlindsay@slingshot.co.nz | Unsubscribe | Forward this email to a friend

JULY's READERS' NEWSLETTER - lots of FREE books.

 

 My apologies for missing JUNE. here's the excuse and then JULY's newsletter and FREE ebooks.

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The JUNE apology 

Those of you who have ever been involved working with or for a large organisation will know that if the top people are a bit iffy then there will be problems. When your organisation has been working well with good leaders then the new leader had better be, at the least, okay. Alas, back in 2018, in our Anglican (Episcopalian) church we'd just lost our excellent vicar. Adjusting to the new vicar our bishop had recommended proved impossible. She was meant to be a trained vicar but couldn't find her way round our prayer book to give a proper service, was dirty, rude, unkind and a real demon from hell! Known as the Bag Lady in the town, her bullying, cruelty and abuse of parishioners was horrendous. The archbishop, Philip, and our bishop, Stephen, refused to hear genuine complaints led by the Lay Ministers, and followed up by both written and verbal detailed complaints from many parishioners. Our full church became a rapidly emptying one as our Christian outreach collapsed under her barrage of abuse. Along with a core of parishioners I stuck my neck out to try to get Andrea McDougall to work with us and save St Luke's instead of screaming that St Luke’s was hers - 'My church. My way'. Most people gave up and left, I stayed to protect our heritage church building from Andrea's attempts to remove 150 year old pews, the pulpit, and do structural damage. My charming vicar didn’t like that and on February 23rd. 2019, during the exchange of peace in our 10.30 a.m. service, she sent her favourite bully boy, David Sutton, dashing down the central aisle to grab me and bash me up whilst she hurried down the side aisle to open the big porch door, then hustle me out of the church. I was then banned from my church because, according to the vicar and her wardens (Who weren't even church on the day I was attacked.) I had attacked Sutton!!! Despite angry and furious parishioners who saw the attack and said so Bishop Steven allowed Andrea to ban me. In hospital that night the doctor and nurses registered a heart misbeat, a fibrillation, which has now grown into a malfunctioning misbeating heart. The top chambers can't pump blood properly so I am flat on my back trying to adjust to blood thinners and antibiotics in the hope that we can keep things going. My medical records pre the attack show no heart problems at all. I sent a letter to our new bishop, Anne, telling her I blamed her vicar Andrea McDougall for my damaged heart and would like an apology. Nearly two weeks later and still no response. I am not the only Anglican to be so disheartened by the thoroughly unchristian behaviour of our clergy.

JULY NEWS LETTER 

HEAPS OF FREE EBOOKS    WATCH THE EARLY JULY DEADLINES!!!!

Amazing number of book sales this month. Smashwords have their annual July sale of thousands of every sort of book - fiction and non-fiction - and Storyorigin - that large co-operative collection of authors - also have a large group sale of fiction.   

BEWARE DEADLINES and make time to go through all the offers. I will give you a reminder in the last week as I know how busy most of you are.

Do BEWARE DEADLINES! Lots of early July ones.

 

1 Smashwords Annual July Summer/Winter Sale

Now is your best chance to find my free short stories or novels, available for a promotional price at @Smashwords as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! Find them and many more at https://www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos/ all month! #SWSale2025 #Smashwords

A dearth of Historical Fiction this month.

2

ROMANCE AND FANTASY

Oh, Happy Day: An All-Genre Giveaway of Stories with Weddings, Wedding Planning, or Engagements

9 FREE

3

COSY MYSTERIES

A missing wand could spell doom for all of Hidden Wood.

The Midnight Embezzlement

Amusing and suitable for YA

Deadline not specified, possibly July 12th?

FREE

BEWARE DEADLINE!

4

GENERAL FICTION

BEWARE DEADLINES

Tales About Other Lands

URGENT 

Get these books fast! This promotion ends July 14th!

19 interesting mix

FREE

5

BEWARE DEADLINE

Clean Beach Reads

Get these books fast! This promotion ends July 16th!

53 books

BARGAINS

6

URGENT DEADLINES!

I’m From Where?: An All-Genre Giveaway for Characters Who Don't Know Their Pasts or Heritage

Get these books fast! This promotion ends July 16th!

25 FREE

7

MORE DEADLINES!

Take Your pick

Get these books fast! This promotion ends July 14th!

58 FREE BOOKS

8

StoryOrigin's NEXT biggest All-Genre CLEAN giveaway ever.

Hurray, 

This promotion ends August 5th!

90 books

ALL FREE

9

Quirky and Loving It: An All-Genre Giveaway for Fun, Quirky, and Unusual Characters

Get these books fast! This promotion ends July 20th!

48 FREEBIES

10

Whispers Beneath the Peaks

An oddment of two.

Get these books fast! This promotion ends July 10th!

2 FREE

11

COLLEAGUES' BOOKS

Bridesmaid by Chance

Sweet Romance

and

Apocalypse Hero: a dark comedy

One man, one bat, one adventure.
A suburb full of the undead.
A city full of monsters.
And Dan.

FREE

and

Flygirl

The Flygirl Trilogy

by R. D. Kardon

$3.99

NEWSLETTERS

This month's Paper Lantern Historical writers newsletter with several free or bargain offers. Find it at the website.

newsletters

 and

Last Chance for that HUGE list of free books again.

 

Happy Reading

p.d.r.

 

 

 

May's millions of free ebooks for you - enjoy!

 

MAY NEWSLETTER

AGAIN!!!

My apologies for cluttering up your inbox again, but the first link didn't work for some keen readers. Thank you for letting me know. This time it should work.

 

Autumn is well on its journey to winter. Most of you will be sliding from spring into summer. I can see the first snow on the hills, you will be dreaming of the lake or sea shore. It's an upside down world.

Amazon have finally accepted that the new illustrations in Salt Run: the Heir's Last Hope are now made by a real human and not AI. Jamie Whyte has an illustrious reputation and his work shows why. I'm so pleased with the book. Mastering QR codes comes next. I think ebooks should be multimedia.

Now I am able to give the book its proper launch, and as a thank you gift, I would like to offer you all the new version at 99 cents. (usually $4.99) You all gave me your email addresses and an author without an email list of keen readers is unable to join the many book promotions which garner us all so many entertaining and free ebooks. Click on the Smashwords link Smashwords.com and use this code:T8EMW when you order the book.  

BEWARE DEADLINES

Lots of free books this month and many deadlines. Be quick. As there are so many books on offer I suggest you find a comfy spot and take a break with your favourite drink and browse the lists. Do BEWARE DEADLINES!

 

HISTORICAL FICTION

1

A Mix with Historical Fiction

Warriors for Good: An All-Genre Giveaway for Characters Who Fight for Justice or Fairness

38 free books.

DEADLINE TRY AGAIN

2

At the Tip of Your Sword

Mainly historical novels

Bargains and special offers

29 books

3

ROMANCE AND FANTASY

Romance far from home

A taste of travel

22 books

4

Escape the Urban Rat Race:

A Giveaway the Transport Readers to Another Realm

11 books  FREE

5

Quest Accepted

17 books

FREE

6

Romantic suspense

6 books

Free and BARGAIN

7

BEWARE DEADLINES!

Fantasy Series Sale

111 books  on sale

Get these books fast!

This promotion ends May 18th

BEWARE DEADLINES!

8

Fantasy & Paranormal

BEWARE DEADLINES!

April & May 2025

41 free books

Get these books fast!  May 18th

BEWARE DEADLINES!

9

YA AND CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Mid-Grade and Young Readers

Book Bonanza

13 free books

10

MG & YA fantasy

free short reads

3 books

11

CRIME AND MYSTERY

great crime reads

43 book bargains

12

BEWARE DEADLINES!

COSY MYSTERIES

75 books

May 28 

BEWARE DEADLINES!

13

BEWARE DEADLINES!

Cosy Mysteries, with or without Magic,

Giveaway of 16 books URGENT 

May 11th

BEWARE DEADLINES!  URGENT 

14

Thrilling Crime Stories

34 books

FREE

15

Follow the path to Mystery and Adventure

18 books

FREE

16

GENERAL FICTION

Good Stories

50 books

BARGAINS

17

Stories That Live Within Us

23 books

Some historicals HERE

18

BEWARE DEADLINES!

E Pluribus Unum 

A real mix of Anthologies, Box Sets, Omnibus Volumes and Collections

18 books

This promotion ends May 25th!

BEWARE DEADLINES!
19

Hurry! These Great Books are Waiting for You!

90 books

BARGAINS

20

Haunted Happenings

21 books

BARGAINS

21

Small Town Stories

24 books

BARGAINS

22

SINGLE TITLES from author colleagues

Renegade (Tin Star K9 Series Book 1

FREE

23

The Winterstone Murder

by Paul Austin Ardoin

FREE

24

Bacon, Bodyguards, and Ballistics: A Piper Sandstone Culinary Cozy Murder Mystery (Book 1) (Deep Fried Revenge)

Quite Mad!!!

REVIEWS

25

Indie authors love reviews

10 books

PLEASE

26

Let's Review & Recommend

Children's and YA books

URGENT

17 books

Go On WRITE a review

This promotion ends May 28th!

27

NEWSLETTERS

This month's Paper Lantern Historical writers newsletter with several free or bargain offers. Find it at the website.

newsletters

 and

For whoever asked for that HUGE list of free books again.

 

Happy Reading

p.d.r.

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